Re: [PATCH] /bin/rm Add "all" interactive option
Matthew Dillon wrote:
> :Beyond making sure the rm utility tells the user whether they are being
> :asked to remove a file or directory, as in the following patch, I don't
> :see the connection between a user not knowing what they are doing when
> :using "rm -rf" and a user using "rm -i".
> :
> :So no, it was not discussed.
> :
> :The -i option exists. It is part of POSIX. It probably will not go away
> :no matter how much someone screams they think the rm utility should be
> :simpler, what they think is UNIX zen, or how it rubs them the wrong way
> :because it was not their first love.
> :
> :
> :Most of the anxiety from the usage of -i comes from having to answeer
> :yes or no to every file and directory. Adding an "all" option eliminates
> :this. It is one of the first things that annoys new users whom have used
> :interactive removal utilities with an "all" option.
> :
> :Besides this, the rm utility in its current form does not give the user
> :the list of options that are available when it prompts them.
> :
> :
> :Is there a reason against my patch besides the user should not be stupid
> :enough to use -i in the first place?
> :
> :
> :Thanks
> :- Jason
> :
> :<http://www.smethers.net/~jason/patches/rm.c.diff2>
>
> 'All' basically defeats the whole purpose of having -i in the first
> place. If the user is one that will use 'All' a lot, that self same
> user would more likely want to use -I rather then -i, or not use
> -I OR -i at all. I don't want to turn 'rm' into a morass of options
> that virtually nobody uses, and I don't want to add options to try to
> cover every sort of user in between 'newbie' and 'expert', because
> most won't use the option or feature correctly anyway. This isn't about
> giving the ultimate control of 'rm' to the user, this is about providing
> a few simple choices for sysops to make the default. In fact, I can
> well see a system operator intentionally defaulting rm to rm -i in
> /etc/csh.cshrc and *NOT* wanting to make an 'All' entry available
> to his users to shoot themselves in the foot with... instead forcing
> those who want something else to actually learn something about UNIX
> to make their own alias.
>
> So, no, I don't think 'All' is a good fit to 'rm'.
>
> -Matt
>
Seconded.
-Hiten
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